Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1916 — PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON [ARTICLE]

PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON

The man who drives a motor car where crowds of human beings are, should have his wits as bright and keen as the sparkling gasoline. A motor is a deadly thing, that’s sure to slay and wound and wing, unless the driver’s safe and sane, possessed of clear and active brain. How sinful, then, the sodden skate, who says, “Before I pull my freight, along the crowded streets to fly, I’ll drink four fingers of old rye.” With tanglefoot beneath his belt, he goes as fast as he can pelt; his eyes distorted by old booze, the course of safety he won’t choose. In haste to get to other bars, he knocks the wheels from passing cars, and makes the dodging walker swear, and kills a lawyer here and there. He is a messenger of death; and any mkn whose dark blue breath suggests long sessions at the bar, should never run a motor car. If “Safety first" is what yo u mean, you can’t mix gin and gasoline.